{"product_id":"achebe-and-friends-at-umuahia-terri-ochiagha-9781847011091","title":"Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: The Making of a Literary Elite","description":"WINNER OF THE ASAUK FAGE \u0026amp; OLIVER PRIZE 2016 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Government College Umuahia and argues for a re-assessment of this influential group of Nigerian writers in relation to the literary culture fostered by the school and its tutors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first in-depth scholarly study of the literary awakening of the young intellectuals who became known as Nigeria's \"first-generation\" writers in the post-colonial period. Terri Ochiagha's research focuses on Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Chike Momah, Christopher Okigbo and Chukwuemeka Ike, and also discusses the experiences of Gabriel Okara, Ken Saro-Wiwa and I.C. Aniebo, in the context of their education in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s at Government College, Umuahia. The author provides fresh perspectives on Postcolonial and World literary processes, colonial education in British Africa, literary representations of colonialism and Chinua Achebe's seminal position in African literature. She demonstrates how each of the writers used this very particular education to shape their own visions of the world in which they operated and examines the implications that this had for African literature as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Supplementary material is available online of some of the original sources. See: http: \/\/boybrew.co\/9781847011091_2 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Terri Ochiagha holds one of the prestigious British Academy Newton International Fellowships (2014-16) hosted by the School of English, University of Sussex. She was previously a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, University of Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terri Ochiagha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847011098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847011091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James Currey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Terri Ochiagha","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078697611519,"sku":"9781847011091","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da0f6115-8924-417e-bdda-0fcd1ea64562.jpg?v=1685476993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/achebe-and-friends-at-umuahia-terri-ochiagha-9781847011091","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}